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lee, ktvu channel 2 news. meantime a red flag warning is still in effect for parts of the bay area right now. >> our chief meteorologist bill martin is here now with more on the situation. >> the red warning, and then this fire we're talking about. let's take a look at the conditions in this area. the flames are represented approximately where the fire was located. temperature during the fire about 90 degrees. winds were light for this area. humidity was down 29%. not really nasty fire conditions especially with those winds are going to be so much windier out here. as we go into the next 24 hours, 36 hours we still have red flag warning because of these lightning strikes that are working their way up and across southern california and as you see here, lightning strikes like we saw last night. the red flag warning has continued to the south bay as
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these systems work their way up. red flag warning remains in effect. there remains a good chance for rain. another fire has forced hundreds of people away from their camp sites. and that includes 200 senior citizens from right here in the bay area. coming up at 5:30 more on the evacuation and the biggest challenge firefighters are facing right now. guilty on all counts, that was the verdict in the murder trial of naso. >> the jury deliberated for six hour aepbs they found naso guilty of the deaths -- hours and they found naso guilty of the deaths of six women.
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one family of a victim spoke out about the verdict. eric rasmussen has the story. >> reporter: he said he did not feel the relief he thought he would feel when he heard the world guilty. a jury found joseph naso guilty on all four counts of murder that he was charged with. now there were no cameras allowed in the courtroom this afternoon for the verdict. but i can tell you the 79-year- old naso was wearing the same suit and tie we've seen him in during this trial. as you said the jury took about 5-1/2 hours over two days to find naso guilty of killing four women between 1977 and 1994. the former freelance photographer defended himself in court. just a couple of hours ago the brother of one victim roxanne rogash who was found strangled in marin had a final request for his sister's killer. >> i just wanted him to give the location of the victims out there. there's dozens of them. this man has not stopped
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killing. there's a lot of families that want closure. >> reporter: prosecutors explained how naso targeted young prostitutes in northern california. he was finally caught after a routine probation check of his home in reno in 2010. it turned up photographs of dead or unconscious women and a list of 10 unknown women. the judge did not speak out. joseph naso does face the death penalty. eric rasmussen. you can go to ktvu.com to learn more about the naso trial. stinson beach is closed to all swimmers after a great white shark was spotted. it's the same beach where a whale washed ashore just
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recently. david stevenson is live. >> reporter: life guards are trying to keep people from getting their feet wet. it took more than overcast skies and showers to keep people away. >> i think it makes sense, it's a bummer but it's for our safety. >> reporter: the 10 to 15-foot shark was spotted monday afternoon by a fishing boat and life guards who quickly cleared the water and the beach. at one point park service officials say the shark came within 50 feet of the shore. life guards are telling folks to avoid even getting their ankles wet. >> they told us, my grandson and i to stay completely out of the water. because it tends to, everybody else just goes a little bit further and further as they see people getting into the water.
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>> reporter: the sighting coming after a whale was seen near by. blood and oil from the whale may have attracted the great white. >> steinson has always been known for some shark sightings, but we've never had anything like this. >> reporter: the band is a disappointment for tourists and locals hoping to make the most of their remaining summer vacation. >> i was pretty disappointed because i wanted to go out and surf. it's the last day of vacation before school started. the national park service says surfers, two surfers were bitten by sharks in steinton beach in 1998 and 2002. the swimming ban is expected to be lifted on sunday. at 6:00, the economic impact the ban is having on business here. we're now reporting live in mill valley, david stevenson. there have been a number of shark encounters in recent years in northern california. on august 6th, a shark was
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spotted right off of chrissy field. it could have been a great shark but was probably a salmon shark. in june a great white shark bumped and bit a fisherman's kayak in pacifica. a surfer in a competition off ocean beach spotted a shark. and in october of 2011, a shark survived a shark attack. police in the east bay are looking for two violent men. they're wanted for beating a pittsburg mother during a home invasion. the two men forced open a second story window. they confronted the woman and demanded money. the children stayed in their rooms. the woman complied with the robbers but tried to press a panic button on her home alert. that's when the men hit her several times on the face and upper body. >> it brings about a little fear to me because it's a very quiet neighborhood. we all you know working families go and come. and you have to be safe. >> reporter: the áf police say
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so far there's no description of the two men -- police say so far there's no description of the two men. the duo may have been seen in a silver suv. san jose police are looking into whether a woman was distracted just before a bizarre crash. the woman lost control of her nissan altima about 12:30 today. the car literally ran up a tension cable connected to a power pole then slammed into that pole and flipped over. police say had it not been for the pole, the car may have hit a mother and a child riding a bike right there on the sidewalk. a female driver was very seriously injured this morning when a big rig slammed right into her car. the accident happened about 5:15 this morning on auto mall parkway in fremont. police say the truck was traveling eastbound when it jumped the center median, hit a white car and slammed into a tree. the cars roof was sheered off. but somehow the woman
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incredibly managed to protect her head. the road was shut down in both directions for a while with all lanes eventually reopened about six hours later. the man arrested for drunk driving a double decker bus full of tourists in san francisco's busy union square has pleaded no contest. police arrested leon maniard last month. he was driving the double decker bus. maniard had a blood alcohol double the legal limit. 50-year-old steven tonabia is facing seven federal charges. he allegedly set up men for drunken driving arrest in exchange for cocaine and an
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expensive gun. christopher butler allegedly arranged with tonavi to arrest the estranged husband of his girlfriend. the suspension is for five games, dempster has said he wasn't trying to hit rodriguez on purpose. no word on whether dempster plans to appeal. a deadly shooting at a south bay restaurant shedding light on a growing problem. >> a lot of these establishments are popping up throughout the city. new at 5:30, what we're learning from authorities and witnesses. and coming up a little bit later, our continuing coverage on the opening of the new bay bridge. as crews today show off their progress. but first -- >> when a dog fell out of this third story window, most everyone thought it was an accident. we'll tell you what police found on the street below that started an investigation. ♪
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new at 5:00 tonight, a dog in san francisco recovering from serious injuries and tonight police are looking into exactly what happened. it was the vet who raised questions about the dog's condition determining that this pooch had been shot. patti lee spoke to the pet owner who said he's dumbfounded someone would take aim at his family member. >> reporter: he was baffled and assumed it was caused by the fall and it turned out it was something else entirely. a bandage and iv drip is the
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only obviously things. >> i've been sick since it happened. he's in the hospital and that's my guy. >> reporter: owner says his dog's routine has not changed in years. and he could not understand why he made such a dangerous move. that is until the vet called that said not all of freddy's injuries were consistent with the fall. his shot had been leg with a bb gun. >> so i called the cops. what else do you do? somebody shot him. >> a bb was found and it was placed in our evidence locker. >> either somebody came into my apartment, shot him with a pellet gun. >> reporter: until somebody is arrested, gunther fears that another dog may be hurt.
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>> someone shot my dog on purpose, who does that? >> reporter: right now his dog is undergoing a third hour of surgery. we'll tell you why some of the things pet owners do to keep their dogs and pets comfortable actually puts them at risk. reporting live in san francisco, patti lee, ktvu news. a sonoma county supervisor arrested last month after allegedly trying to break into a woman's home in his underwear is now back at work. efren carillo made a lengthy public apology during the supervisors meeting and admitted he suffers from alcoholism. he was publicly condemned by the board of supervisors three weeks ago. the state attorney general's office is expected to decide next week whether to file charges against carillo. continuing coverage now of last night's impressive lightning storm. ktvu's viewers continue to postpictures of the lightning on our facebook page also sending them to our website.
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alex stack took this picture. and noeni enriquez put together this composite. you can postthem to our facebook page or tweet us at ktvu. >> some of those pictures are just remarkable. as we go over to our chief meteorologist, it's surprising that they did not cause more problems. >> in half-moon bay and pacifica folks were watching as they look out to the west and seeing these massive strikes with cloud cover kind of reflecting the light and making beautiful scenes. as frank points out, a lot of this lightning is offshore which is good. the lightning right now is showing up north of our area. or not pardon me east of our area from the sierra nevada you see it all exploding here. the difference tonight is most of this action is moving in a north-northeasterly direction or northwesterly direction like this. so it looks like it's going to
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clear the bay area as it comes up over the top. so we're tracking that. last night at this time we had a lot of activity come across the body. you see thunder and lightning, or you see lightning strikes any way as you look close in here at the area around south of lake tahoe. see around kirkwood. you're over there by bear valley. these areas are very aggressive in lightning strikes. firefighters in this area are definitely concerned for the lightning strikes. that's why a red flag warning is in effect. it's been dropped for most areas exception portions of the bay area along the napa area as well. so just be aware of lightning strikes. for the next few days because that system is going to be slow to leave. the next chance of rain will be wednesday, tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow evening. tomorrow doesn't look like there's much going on out there. back in the forecast, the extended forecast they clear out and we start to get a break from all of this activity. there's that red flag warning.
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these red flag areas continuing until wednesday afternoon. the fog forecast for tomorrow morning, patchy along the coast. temperatures enough like they were today, a little cooler. a day with lots of 80s along the inland bay valleys and a few 90s. around the bay lots of 70s. that's your forecast high for tomorrow. a day a lot like today but tomorrow the clouds want to thicken up. the computer model tomorrow morning i don't see lightning or thunder here. i see the low here, you see things pop up around wednesday afternoon at 4:00. this model says nothing is going to show up our way. we'll see how that goes. come back tonight at 4:00 and i'll update the forecast. i don't know if that model is correct as it moves into our area. unified school district going back to school tomorrow. 78degrees at lunchtime. almost 90 degrees at 3:00.
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the livermore unified school district. we have a chance of thundershowers on wednesday. as we get into thursday, things wind down. clouds start to clear out and it starts to look more normal. temperatures stay on the mild side as we head into the bay area weekend. there's your five day forecast with your bay area weekend in view. we'll be watching closely the next 24 to 36 hours. none of those storms become, drift across the valley like they did last night. because it's scary to have that. >> it was a pretty cool sight to have. >> especially if you're over the water you can enjoy them. >> thanks, bill. if you only do things once in a blue moon tonight might f -- might be your night. astronomers believe tonight there will be a blue moon. coming up next, another case of west nile right here in
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the area. >> plus they said they wanted to do it for fun. the stunning admission of fourteen agers accused of shooting and killing a college student. >> now to julie haener on what we're working on for 6:00. >> a change frustrating some south bay teens. >> plus enough is enough, how police rounded up thousands of the bay area's most wanted. these stories and much more are coming up new at 6:00. goodnight.
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police in oklahoma are calling it a thrill killing. an australian college student was shot and killed for no good reason and the accused teens told police they did it because they were bored. those three oklahoma teenagers were chargedded today in the killing of the 23-year-old university student. the victim was a business major and baseball player who was just out for a jog when he was shot. >> there were people who saw him stagger across the road. go to a kneeling position and collapse on the side of the road. >> christopher lane was killed on friday along a tranquil road in the town of duncan. neighbors heard a car speeding away and police identified the car from business surveillance video. they arrested the teens a few hours later. lane was going to graduate in may. he planned to pursue his career as an american citizen. his killing has left the town in shock. and need less to say his family
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is devastated. >> well we've lost something that's just never going to be replaced. and they say it takes a village to raise a kid. chris was the product of a fantastic village. >> the suspects are 15, 16 and 17 years old and one of them told police, they wanted to kill someone for the fun of it and they just picked blane at random. they had plans to do it again but were arrested that evening. the 17-year-old was driving and was charged as an accessory. health officials in napa county are confirming tonight the latest case of west nile virus. he was hospitalized but has since recovered and returned home. county vector also confirmed the first dead bird also tested positive for west nile.
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it was found near calastoga. vector control officials have plans to fog parts of the san jose on sunday night. it's roughly between beriesta road, north jackson and noro avenue. that fogging is set to start at 11:00 weather permitting. mosquito populations across the country have exploded this year. a combination of drought followed by heat has created perfect conditions for mosquitoes. we are hearing more today about the death of journalist michael hastings. the 33-year-old reporter was killed when his mercedes struck a tree and caught on fire.
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police are calling it a random shooting. one man killed, two others wounded. inside a bar and restaurant in the south bay. the gunman for some unknown reason opened fire outside the vietnamese restaurant striking those three patrons. we get new information on the deadly shooting. anne rubin is live tonight in san jose, anne. >> reporter: well police say they have few leads as to how this happened. they don't know if the shooter was on foot or in a car but they're still hopeful a witness will come forward. the restaurant usually opens at 4:00. not today. hours after the shooting the owners are still busy cleaning up glass, bottles and blood. >> there were two or three shots, at first we did not pay
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attention to it. then a few minutes later we knew it was five shots. >> reporter: it happened late last night. bullets riddled the windows hitting people inside. one died from his injuries. >> from what we can tell early in the investigation they were just patrons inside the restaurant. and somebody shot inside the business from outside. >> reporter: police do not believe this is gang related. they're calling it a random act. however in addition to a homicide investigation, they say they are also referring the case to the vice unit. those familiar with the restaurant are not surprised. >> there's actually two armed security guards just down out in front. this is basically a bikini bar. >> reporter: with side rooms for private dances, sean describes the place as wild. he says he feared something like this would happen. >> this type business, you know it, the crowd that it brings is a pretty bad crowd. it's just, it's not uncommon. >> we do know that a lot of
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these establishments are popping up throughout the city. >> reporter: the office of campos is conducting a private investigation. >> it goes back to do we have enough police officers on the streets. >> reporter: of the two surviving victims one had already been released from the hospital. both are expected to recover from their injuries. live in san jose, anne rubin, ktvu channel 2 news. developing news now from just west of yosemite national park where a wildfire has prompted the evacuation of homes and summer camps. the so called rim fire started in the stanislaus national forest. it has now grown to 10,000 acres. it spread across highway 120 which is now closed at smith station between groveland and the entrance to yosemite. 200 senior citizens from the bay area attending a special
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session at camp mather were evacuated today as a precaution. that camp is run by san jose. melinda lopez is following the progress of the fire. and she tells us firefighters are dealing with very tough conditions. >> reporter: these flames are growing. causing more concern, more evacuations. >> the fire came right over the top of us. >> reporter: cecilia fields was evacuated from her bed and breakfast in butte field. >> you think you have longer. 15 minutes was generous. >> when we had a fire at 800 acres and in a location, and it goes to 10,000 acres overnight, you can't have containment. you have to look for
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opportunities for resources to position themselves, so steep it's more dozers. it's hand crews and aircraft. >> reporter: 2,500 homes are threatened in the rim fire near yosemite national park. some people have already lost their homes like this one on packered canyon road. >> my daughter has a home up there. and reportedly her place burned up. >> reporter: many people are still waiting for information. and some on their way to yosemite were greeted with these road closures. >> we'll have a detour, we'll get to our destination. >> it's kind of turn it over to god deal. there's nothing you can do. totally helpless. what happens is going to happen. >> reporter: fire officials tell us they do not believe this fire was started by lightning. they also tell us this fire is especially difficult to fight because of the steep terrain. reporting in buck meadows, i'm melinda mesa, ktvu channel 2 news. the alameda county fire
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department strike team is heading to the yosemite area to help fight that rim fire. authorities tweeted photos of the crew members preparing two engines today. firefighters from hayward and oakland are part of that team. another fire continues to burn near auburn. firefighters are warning that the american fire could grow much larger. started 10 days ago near forest hill in placer county. since then it's burned 15,000 acres destroying three outbuildings. firefighters estimate it will take another 10 days to contain. the federal government says the -- released new data from april to july of this year the number of employed young people ages 16 to 24 rose to 19.7 million. that's up by 2.1 million. it was a mixed day on wall street today. but stocks they bounced back after some big retailers posted better than expected sales.
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the dow fell seven points. the nasdaq though rose 24 and the s & p500 closed up more than six. only on 2 tonight an exclusive new ktvu field poll shows most californians say the state can implement the new health care act. 66% expect california will put the law into practice successfully. 31% disagreed. 3% had no opinion. voters were less optimistic about keeping insurance rates down. 60% said california would be successful, 40% said the state would not be successful in limiting rate increases. new details now about the condition of boston marathon bombing suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev at the time of his arrest. the surgeon who treated tsarnaev said he had been shot through the face and suffered injurys to his throat and
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mouth. tsarnaev was injured in the hours before his capture. he has pleaded not guilty to the boston bombings. the military leader arrested the leader of the muslim brotherhood. they face charges of deaths in june. the brotherhood vows that bodies detention will not weaken the movement or cause its followers to stray from its principals. it is the new count down to the opening of the bay bridge. today we're getting a look at the work being done. parents and teachers agree bullying has to stop. but who's watching the bully watchers. >> and an unfortunate find on the beach.
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be known until the whale's tissue is tested. that whale was buried at the beach last night. the mother of rescued california teen hannah anderson died of a head injury and not in a house fire. firefighters found cristina anderson's body after they put out that fire at the home of alleged kidnapper james demaggio. they also found the body of her 8-year-old brother. authorities believe demaggio lured the family to his home so he could kidnap hannah. hannah was unharmed. a 19-year-old man is in police custody after allegedly firing shots from an assault rifle today at an elementary school in the atlanta area. police and teachers evacuated more than 800 students from mcnear discovery academy in decatur georgia. the suspect has no ties to the school. the gunman shot half a dozen
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shots at the school but never got past the front office. in addition to the gun used, he had other weapons. four state department employees have been cleared of security failures following the deadly attack on the benghazi consulate in libya. ambassador chris stevens and three other americans died during last september's assault. today the state department says there was quote no breech of duty by four senior officials who worked in diplomatic security and near east affairs. they will now be reassigned to new jobs. republican congressman daryl called the state's department actions a ch era de. manning is 25 years old and faces up to 90 years in prison.
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he was found guilty of leaking iraq and afghanistan battlefield reports as well as classified diplomatic cables to wikileaks. prosecutors have asked for at least a 60 year prison term. the opening of the new bay bridge now just two weeks away. >> it's pretty much all over but the striking. and just a few other punch list items for an imminent opening of the bridge. >> and the new first dog already causing controversy. why animal rights groups aren't happy with the president's choice for a new pet. >> back here right after the break, there's no clouds out there now near mount diablo but lightning storms are in the forecast. we'll have an update after the break. [ marco ] i'm a student at devry university.
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be completed. tom vacar is live now on treasure island with some new video of the temporary fix for those busted bolts and tom that's really what's making the opening of the new bridge in two weeks really possible. >> reporter: it is possible. let's just hop and go up there right now. driving up on the new bridge gets easier every time we do because less and less construction equipment is up there. today the biggest media turn out in years. bridge lane striping has been under way for days but there's so much bridge there's much more to do. and other things like putting up reflective signs. many testings are on the way, including this. an electronic sign that will alert drivers to hazard. workers are still tuning systems. not yet to yerba buena island
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await installation. connectors requires the shifting of lane barriers. all of this moves faster as the singest most important thing is done. >> the shims were put in over the weekend successfully. which mean it is bridge has achieved the level of seismic level necessary to open up over the holiday weekend. >> reporter: it is fair to say that this is now the strongest most earthquake resistant bridge on earth. >> those are only temporary until the permanent fix takes place. >> reporter: soon you will likely be making one of many many drives on this much open and much quieter bridge that should be up and running in no more than two weeks, maybe
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less. two years after the loma prieta quake made it necessary in the first place. more details on how b.a.r.t. plans to help people get around while the bay bridge is closed. take a look at this map. you can see that 14 b.a.r.t. stations will stay open overnight and run hourly services beginning the night of the closure. b.a.r.t. also plans to run longer trains to accommodate extra commuters. all trains are expected to run longer for required maintenance. that's just a few hours after the new span is expected to open. so hopefully that wouldn't be too long of an inconvenience. and ktvu has placed a tab on how to get around. including ferry schedules, go to ktvu.com and click on surviveing the bay bridge closure under hot topics. in washington today the first family got a little political push back from animal
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rights groups on their new purebred dog. >> the president getting a dog puts the way we get dogs on the national screen. we want to remind people that we have very important issue that is have implications for millions of the dogs. >> that comment from the president of the humane society. people for the ethical treatment of animals said today that the president should have adopted a rescue dog instead. the white house would only tell us that sunny comes from some where in michigan. i know it was last night but still lots of people talking about the lightning that we saw. let's check in with our meteorologist bill martin and bill i know it's not on the radar today but boy that was something else. >> it really was. frank and i were talking over the break. every five years we've had frequency. every five years you get an event like this and last night
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was a stunner within those lightning strikes. 94 in antioch, 92 in livermore. temperatures cooled in the inland bay valleys. that's what they're going to do over the next few days. here's what we're tracking. the storms are erupting here. the flows are doing something like this. last night got kicked back over the bay area. right now that same pattern isn't really developing as aggressively so not anticipating any thunderstorms tonight. as we get into tomorrow night there's no chance we could see it. that's why the red flag warning stays in effect. look up here in the hills. it's going off out there. giving calfire lots of concerns in the west part of the valley. that's why the red flag warning sitting up there and will stay up there until wednesday afternoon. an unusual pattern and one that bears watching as we found out last night. 83 in concord, 86 in livermore.
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your red flag warnings have gone away. the system lies to the south of us and as it does it sets us up with this unsettled pattern. today we had the instability and chance of a thunderstorms. tomorrow we have the same chance of a thunderstorm as this low kicks through and brings in a little more energy. we're also going to see fog along the coast as we've been seeing and we'll see some clouds and daytime highs. a lot like today, lots of 80s. more 80s than low 90s. i think we'll see lots of upper 80s in hot spots and lots of 70s in the bay. around the bay. back to school. getting there now. san leandro unified school district. you're going back to school tomorrow, wednesday. 7:00a.m. it's about 58 degrees when you push or drag or however you get the kids out the door. at lunchtime 69, clouds kind of move in in the afternoon and that's why we have a chance of a thundershower again tomorrow night. most of the bay area clouds increase. so we'll watch that. forecast highs tomorrow at 90
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in vacaville. 68 in stinson beach. so slightly cooler than the numbers that we had today. 89 in morgan hill, 80 in san jose. the five day forecast with the bay area weekend in view shows, i just stepped in front of your temperatures i'm sorry about that. 64 in pacifica then your five day forecast there. we have a chance of a thundershower in the forecast. that's why the red flag warning stays in the 90s. temperatures don't heat up. this isn't crazy august weather by any means. august is known for upper 90s and low 100s. we did have 104 yesterday. but today temperatures have taken a fall inland and they will continue to stay on the warm to mild side. >> i can't remember a light show like last night in a long time. east bay researchers show up a life saving program. >> this number can kill. how a remarkable bay area blood pressure control system is
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saving thousands of lives. >> back now to julie haener in the news room with more on what we're working on for 6:00. >> people wanted for homicide, attempted homicide and armed robbery are now off bay area streets. police deas -- die -- divulge details about a bust. >> every time you go in the water you're a visitor in their backyard. >> these stories and much more coming up in the next 10 minutes at 6:00.
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heading back to school and the cost is rising. the u.s. department of education issued a report and it shows that 71% of all undergraduate students received some type of aid in the 2011 through 2012 school year. that's up from 66% four years earlier. the report comes just weeks after president obama signed a law to restore lower interest rates on student loans. as california students head back to school this week there are new concerns about how well anti bullying efforts are being monitored. >> drop the bags, drop the bags. a new audit released today shows that california education officials have failed to evaluate anti bullying in schools. there's no data to note whether
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students are actually safer now. auditors did not even check in school safety laws have been implemented. that's disturbing to moms like charlene bryant who says her son had been bullied in the past. >> we need all the help we can get to help our kids in these schools. >> reporter: the office of the state superintendent acknowledges the parents concerns. a landmark in public health reported today by bay area researchers. a simple five part program that doctors say is saving thousands of lives by controlling your blood pressure. new at 5:00, john fowler joins us live with how doctors say this program could help you live longer and healthier. john. >> absolutely right. kaiser permanente doctors report dramatic success. with simple steps that are saving the lives of people with high blood pressure. almost a third of us have out
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of control blood pressure. >> i'm concerned about because i know it runs in the family. >> reporter: it's a leading cause of stroke, heart disease and early death. >> when you get older and drink a lot of wine and stuff it makes your blood pressure go up. >> reporter: veterinarian don kungley struggled with hyper tension 25 years. >> i thought i could control it with just my exercise but i wasn't able to do it. >> reporter: his dr. mark joffey helped create a program that he was on for eight years. >> this is the first time we had a large group of people have a really big improvement in their blood pressure sustained over a long period of time. it's never been done before. >> reporter: daffey found four elements that people could do. knowing your blood pressure, using evidence based best practices, tracking the results, taking blood pressure regularly and effective blood pressure medicines.
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>> we saw a 42% reduction of death from stroke. that's a 24% reduction to heart attacks and 62% reduction in the worse type of heart attack. >> i feel great. i feel better than i felt in 20, 25 years. >> absolutely the five components for this program could work for anybody. >> reporter: evidence based includes stress reduction. what's important here is the team approach. each patient taking responsibility for his own health. the study is found in the health journal. naso convicted of killing four women. why a brother of one of the victims says it doesn't bring him any relief. a crime sweep in oakland makes more than two dozens arrests. but none that saw a deadly
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weekend. good evening i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. the verdict is in. a jury found naso guilty of four counts of firstdegree murder as well as the special circumstance of committing multiple murders. that means he could potentially get the death penalty. after hearing two months of evidence it took jurors only about a 5-1/2 hours to reach their verdict. ktvu's eric rasmussen was there as deputies led naso out of that courtroom. eric. >> reporter: right before that after the verdict the judge gave naso a chance to speak. he said he would save his
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comments for the penalty phase. in fact, in the last hour or so an attorney, a public defender assisting joseph naso called me after meeting with him in jail this afternoon to say he had no comment for me either. the 79-year-old did represent himself in this trial and today the jury sent him a message. it did not believe his argument that he knew some of these victims but did not kill them. now there were no cameras allowed in the courtroom for today's verdict. it was read a little after 2:00 p.m. six men and six women found naso guilty on all four counts of murder. prosecutors say he killed four young women who were prostitutes between 1977 and 1994. some of the strongest evidence involved 18-year-old roxene rogash who's body was found in marin in 1977. dna on her panty hose was a match for naso. today rogash's brother says he did not feel the relief he expected to feel when that guilty verdict came down. >> it will not help until that man is
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